Popular Woodworking – October 2019

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Use a 1^1 / 2 " thick x 1^1 / 2 " wide blank.

1 Rout a^5 / 16 " chamfer on the top

inside edge.

2 Saw a 17° bevel on the top face. Tilt

the blade away from the fence, and ori-

ent the blank chamfered-edge up, with

the chamfer facing the blade. Set the

fence so the bevel meets the tip of the

chamfer. Make the cut. Then remove

the saw marks by sanding or planing.

3 Rout evenly spaced fl utes on the

beveled face, using the^1 / 8 " round

nose bit.

Final Size: 3 / 4 " x 1^1 / 2 "

4 Rip the blank to fi nal^3 / 4 " thickness.

Make the cut with the blank outside-

edge down and its beveled face on the

outfeed side of the blade. After sawing,

the blank’s outside edge should mea-

sure^5 / 16 " wide.

5 Rout a^3 / 8 " by^3 / 8 " rabbet on the

inside edge. Orient the blank bottom-

face down, with its inside edge against

the fence.

Use a^3 / 4 " thick by 1^1 / 4 " wide blank.

1 Rout a^1 / 4 " by^3 / 4 " cove on the top

face, using a^1 / 2 " round nose bit.

Orient the blank inside-edge down,

with its top face against the fence. To

complete the cut, make multiple shallow

passes, raising the bit incrementally.

Final Size: 3 / 4 " x 1^1 / 4 "

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Use a^3 / 4 " thick by^7 / 8 " wide blank.

1 Rout a^3 / 8 " by^3 / 8 " rabbet on the

inside edge.

2 Rout a^1 / 4 " by^1 / 4 " cove on the top

face, using a^1 / 2 " round nose bit.

3 Rout a^1 / 8 " roundover on the top

face. Orient the stock outside-edge

down, with its top face against the

fence. To create the fi llet, simply raise

Final Size: 3 / 4 " x^7 / 8 "

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Part A: Start with an^11 / 16 " thick by

(^13) / 16 " wide blank.
1 Rout^1 / 8 " roundovers on the top edge.
2 Rout a^1 / 4 " by^1 / 2 " rabbet on the
inside face.
Part B: Start with a^1 / 2 " thick by 1^1 / 2 "
wide blank.
3 Rout^1 / 8 " roundovers on one edge.
4 Rip the blank to fi nal^1 / 8 " thickness,
Final Size: 13 / 16 " x^13 / 16 "
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PART B
PART A
2 Rout a^3 / 8 " by^3 / 8 " rabbet on the
inside edge.
the bit’s straight shoulder above
the table.
with the rounded edge on the offcut side
of the blade.
5 Glue Part B to Part A.
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